[SouthBayVeggies] Correction to my statement on vegan food requirement

[Guest guest]

Mike,

 

Thanks for the update.

 

I think the following is my quote that I put in my Happy Bamboo dinner

emails:

 

" The dinner is open to both veg*ns and non-veg*ns, but please note that, if

you will be sitting with the group, only VEGAN food can be ordered. "

 

I just wanted to remind everyone, as it seems there is always some

confusion, my dinner is an official Bay Area Vegetarians' dinner/event, and

is not a SouthBayVeggies event, though I do announce the dinner on both

email lists.

 

Thanks and hope to see folks at this dinner tonight.

 

Melissa

 

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Sage, Mike <mksage wrote:

 

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>

> In my posting in

<%40>on Friday

March 5, 4:53 PM, I stated the following: " Just one reminder --

> when eating in SouthBayVeggies events, it is requested that all food be

> vegan. "

>

> My statement was not correct. Sarah Kishler states: " South Bay Veggies

> doesn't have an official stance on this. We rarely ever do have any

> non-vegan food at any of our events, and if the event host wants to make

> sure all the food at an event is vegan, she/he is more than welcome to

> announce that. "

>

> Looking back over the last several years, one can see that there has been a

> progression on this issue. Several years ago, a particular annual potluck

> event contained this instruction: " WHAT TO BRING: A vegetarian dish to

> share! As always, please label any non-vegan dish. " whereas in recent years

> that has been replaced by: " WHAT TO BRING: A vegan dish to share! "

>

> Even as recently as last year, the instructions for one of our monthly

> dinners at a local vegetarian restaurant were: " The dinner is open to both

> veg*ns and non-veg*ns, but please note that, if you will be sitting with the

> group, only VEGAN food can be ordered. " That particular restaurant recently

> switched to being 100% vegan, so the previously-used instructions have been

> dropped.

>

> There are several vegetarian restaurants in our area that were previously

> 90-95% vegan but have become 100% vegan. Names that come to mind are

> Vegetarian House, Merit Vegetarian Restaurant, Loving Hut, and Happy Bamboo.

> Some others, like Good Karma Vegan Cafe, were vegan from the start. Garden

> Fresh Vegetarian Restaurant in Mountain View is, I think, 100% vegan but I

> don't know if it was vegan from the start. I apologize for my incomplete

> information.

>

> The San Francisco Vegetarian Society has official Potluck Guidelines (

> http://ww.sfvs.org/newsletter/archive09/winterevents.pdf) that includes

> this statement: " Bring a vegan (no animal products or byproducts such as

> dairy or honey) dish to serve 8 - 10. "

>

> Bay Area Vegetarians has official guidelines (

> http://www.bayareaveg.org/guidelines.htm#guidelines) for their events that

> state the following: " Our philosophy is that vegan food is the lowest common

> denominator, and everyone can eat it. Therefore, when food is served at

> events, like vegan food parties or restaurant outings, for the comfort and

> enjoyment of all guests, our food policy is vegan foods only. "

>

> -- Mike

>

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